What is a requirments document?

Answer 1

A Business Requirements Document (BRD) is a type of plan for a business to achieve specific goals that provide the highest quality products/services to its customers and the ability to lower the cost of providing quality products/services. The BRD is focused on technical objectives that will support the business objectives of a company. There can be several technical objectives for a company to accomplish the goals of the business. A BRD is usually prepared by a project manager or a business consultant.

The BRD will state a specific goal; what problems may need to be solved; what restrictions must be considered; and evaluate if the goal can be cost effective.

The BRD should be a step by step plan for accomplishing a goal; take into consideration the interaction between the internal parts of the company; and the movement from each phase of the plan.